Belgium vs Chile: Deforestation embedded in trade

Belgium
7,434 hectares
in 2023
Chile
6,292 hectares
in 2023
Belgium rank
26th
Chile rank
28th

Deforestation embedded in trade over time

  • Belgium
  • Chile
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 7,434 hectares against 6,292 hectares in Chile, a difference of 1,142 hectares.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Chile ahead.

Belgium ranks 26th and Chile ranks 28th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Deforestation embedded in trade
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,320 data points, 2005–2023
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Deforestation driven by imported goods minus exported goods from agriculture and forest plantations. Net importers of deforestation are countries who contribute to net deforestation in other countries – the deforestation that they cause in other countries is given as a positive value.